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44 $ Pnmwcraiii 30trind, Drf1Ah~ t~ o i9tilyx Uig3I~i5, lifWS, politiW5, f!*rd 311tiligfl, Citcratuzf Nondill, fligpatie, $$it xmiuc&* "We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our MIrtni, and if it must fall, we will Pish smit the Rulns." W. F. DURISOE, Proprietor. EDGEFIELD, S. C., AUGUST 11, 1852. - --. JOHN THOMPSON'S DAUGRTER. Tu following clever parody on Canipbell's ballad of " Lord UIlia's Daughter," is taken from a Vir ginia paper: A fellow near Kentucky Clime, Crieq, " Hoatinan. do nest tarry, And 'll give thee a silver diimie, To ro.v us o'er the ferry." 0Now who would ersess the Ohio, This dark andi stormy water7" I sin this young lady's beau, And this John Thompson's daughter. "We're fled before her father's spite , With great precipitation, Anti should he find us here to-night, I'd lose my reputation. They've missed the girl an.1 purse beside, His horsemen hard have pressed me: And who will cheer my bonney bride, If yet they shall arrest me ?" Out spoke the boatman thenin time, " You shall not fall, don't fear it ; I'll go, nst for your silver dimie, But for your manly spirit. "And by my word, the bonney bird, In danger shall not tarry, For though a storm is coming on, I'll row you o'er the ferry." By this the wini more fiercely rose, t The buat was at the landing, And with the drenching rain their clothes Grew wet where they were standing. But still, a wIttler roe the wind1,c And as the night grew drearer, Just back a piece came the police, Their trampling sounded nearer. "0 haste thee, haste !" the lady cries, " It's anything but funny; I'll leave the light of loving eyes, But not my father's money!'" And still they hurried in the face, t Of winld and rain unsparing; John Thompson reached the landing place, His wrsth was turned to swearing. For by the lightning's angry flash, ( His lchild hie disl discover; ti One lovely hand held all his cash, ti And one was round her lover! S "Come back, come back," lie cried in woe, t Aeross the stormy waterI My daughter, 0ia -ft ligtir." n, 'Twas vain ; they reached the other shore, b (Sueh dooms the Fates assign us,) C The gold he'd piled, went with his child, And he was left there mnue. e THE DUEL IN THE DARK. A 'TALE OF VICKSBURG. r EvrnY traveller who has descended the S Mississippi within the l:st twenty-ive years, must rememnber Vicksburg. so ;singtdar in its ur r situation for a town on the shelving declivity of high rolling hillr, with its houses scatter ed in groups oin the terraces. Every reader t of Amerirau iewsaipcrs dusrimg any one of the Iast twenity-tive yeatrs must remember Vicksbuirg, so rich ha~s bieun the fnd 'f nma teriatl it hats sutpplied for the circ'ulatting hi bratries of " horrible ine des," due'l', al'rs~t, and exeenlltins, by alhl sorts ot .umr forget the hatnging of the gambhlers and steam-ldo ctors. In fine, everybody knowvs that thne placee has been noted since its earliest settlenmnt f'or tihe belligerent character of I its inhabmitants, and the nunmer and atrocity of the violent dleeds whuich may be asaerted I with literal truth, to have stained its every street with the blood of'humnan hearts. It is noit our plresentt purpose, however, to sketch any of these mnore celebrated brute battles, th'at prove nothiing bieyotd the wilful wickednecss of the respecLtive combatatnts. Btut we will select for the sake of its mournl ful moral alone, a solitary tragedy, wvhich was brietly chronicled by the press of the day, and then faded from the recollection of all, save one froum whom the writer received the story in all its paerticularity. She, of course, could niever forget. The wife of thle mur dered hero wvept at the sad reminiscence twenty years after the date of the cattastro phe. Int the year 1827, a young lawyer, (wihoni we shall call John Thomas, to avoid harrow ing the memory of some relative or friend who ight chance to skim over these col umnts,) emigrated from W orcester, in Mas sachusetts, to the State of Mississippi. He was poor, had recenmtly miartied a beautiful and accomp1lished wvoman wvho had re nounced wealthy parents for his sake, anld henee was anxious to better his fortune in As little time as possible. T1his consideration determnined the legal adventurer to locate at Vicksburg, then considered in the West as the paradise of the har. In a very short time the new lawvyer bad uemple reasons to congratulate himself onl the choice of his position. His bland de meanlor, studious habits, and more than all, his eloquence In debate, wvon himt patronage; and he rose, almost at a single bound, to the first place in his profession. Hie wvas pmployed in all the land suits, and it most of the still more numterous and equally lu crative cases of homicide, so that in the brief period of two years after his advent be had cleared .the routd sumt of thirty thousand dollars. Let no0 sceptical disciple of Lord Coke deem this statement incredible. S. S. Prentiss, now of Newv Orleanis, realized, cash in hand, forty thousand dollars by his openaing speech in Vieksbsurg During his career thtus far, young Thomas was remtarkatble in one respect. Hie never went armed, and although in the fierce atnd fiery altercatlioris of the forumn, he necessari. ly made some onemies, no attack had hithter to b1-t ventured Ott hIs person, T'he athlet-| cism ot his noble form, and the look of avincible determination in his keen blue yes, had donhtless warned the desperadoes iat " the Yankee orator," as ie was gene. allv termed could hit as hrd L'o.vs as the Onrt iself. However this may be, two ears elapsed, years too of eminent success, iefore the peaceable attorney was even in :ni1ted. Alas! tlis ll:dcyon period was loomed to a change alike sudden and terri V:e. There resided at th:t time in the town a otorious duellist by the name of Johnson, those matchless prowess inspired universal 'ar. lie had slain hall a dozen foes on the blie " field of honor," and as mnny' in irivate and irreguNlar eneointers. All the nemnhers of " the bloody fancy club" spoke if Mike Johnson's feats with rapturous en husiasm. But all good men, all lovers of eace, when the " brave wretch" passed, urned pale and were silent. At the May term of the District Court, 829, the grand jury, munsteaing extraordi mary courage, returned a true bill against 'ohnson for the murder of William Lee, an noffensive youth, whom lie had shot down n a drunken frolic, under circumstances of eculiar aggravation. Thomas was retained v a friend of the deceased to aid in the rosecution, and notwithstanding the earnest dvice of his well-wishers to the contrary, ppeared on the trial (of the cause-one of he most exciting ever argued at the bar of 7ickshurg. On the last evening of the ses ion, after adjournment, Thomas rushed into he presence of his wife, with looks of such vident agitation as to fill her soul with over owering alarm. " My love, tell me, in the name of heaven, vat has happened I" she cried, pale as a orpse, and shaking like a leaf in the wind. " Nothing," answered the husband, think g to conceal the most fearful part of the telligence. " Nothing, only the murderer, like Johnson, after his acquital, grossly in. lted me in the court-yard, and I knocked im down." " And lie challenged yon to fight him with istols!" almost shrieked the wife, anticipa. ng the rest, with the quickness of woman's een common sense. " It ii even so," replied the lawyer, mourn illy. " Oh! say that you will not meet him. h swear that you will not turn duellist in is Sodom of the South," implored the wife, rowing her arns around his neck, and )bing like a child on his bosom. "There, do not weep now. I will not rn duellist, dear Emma, although I much ar thatthe cons ce will he b ,n -'" an." The next morning it was known in Vicks urg that "the Yankee orator" had been hallenged and refused to fight. According. r, he was generally denounced as a coward -a word which at that day, and even now, ight be considered as expressing far deep. r scorn than either robber or assassin. As e passed through the streets, he was aston hel to witness the coldness manifested by is old acquaintances, and even professed iiends, while the great mass of the people eined to regard him wiith ineffable con muipt. " Yankee white-liver," " boaster," potron," were the sounis most frequently ung in his ears, especially when near the roceries, and there was one then on every Lrrace of the broken hills. The matter grew still worse. About a reek afte-rwards, Johntson muet his iictim ini e public squa::re, presenated a cockedl pistol t his heart with onme hanid, and helabored imn unmmereifully with a cowhide which lie ~rsed in the~ other. Resistance at the omenut was altogether out of the question, ar the slightest motion would have been the ignaul for immediate dheath. lHe thought of mman: and lier sweet habe, and bore the astigationi ini siletice. Alter this, clients deserted his office, and ~entlemen refusedl to recognize him or re urn his salute in the thoroughfares of busi iss, or (durinig his morning strolls over the ills. Had his touch been contagioan, or his reath pestilence, lie could niot have been nore caretully shtinned. Another week passed, and thme degraded awyr was in a state of min~d borderinig on nsnity ; and yet all the while lie concealed .he mental fortune from his affeeth' natte wife. D)ne evening, in a more than comm on hitter md gloomy mood, as lie wvalked through the ,blic square, he was again accosted by ~like Johnson, wvith his cocked pistol in one 1.d( sand uplifted cowvhide in the other. 'Thle issault was the more aggravatia~g as the hlace was thronged wvith spectatots. " Cowvard and villain !" exclaimn ed John ion, "did I not tell you that I w'ould cow-. bide you ever - week; until I wiYIpd thie ourage of a man and a geintlemnan mnto your Yankee hide ?" "I am not a cowvard," retorted Thomas, ii a hollow tone, so unearthly fierce atd wild that it caused every hearer to start. At the instant, his lips were livid, und clenched between his teeth till the blood ran. His eyes wvere red as a mad dog's and the mnus ees of his face quivered; but his body and limbs seemed to have the rigidity of marble. "Ho will fight now," rung in aii eager whisper through the excited crowd, as they saw the terriblo tokens of the fiend aroused -the fiend which lurks, at different depths, in all human nature. " If you are not a coward, why will you not fight" asked the duelist, somiewhat struck, in spite of his thorough desperation, harden ed in the hot gore of a dozena murders. " I will fight, if y'ou wish it," wvas the loud ringing answer. " Then you accept my challenge ?" " I do. Will any one present be so good as to act as my second 1," inquired the law yer, addressing the spectators. For a minute or two nie one spoke, so great wvas the dread of the arch-duelist, Mike Johnson. " Will no one in such a mass of generous ei be my second I" repeated the lawvyer, in a louder tone. I will," said a shrill, trumpet-like voice, on the outskirts of the crowvd, and a tall, ,,umndiig farm, with bravery wvritten on is brow, and the eagle's eye leneath it, made his way to the centre of the scene of contention, and stood close fronting Johnson, with a smiling glance, before which the lat ter, for an instant, quailed. The question " who is he t who is he?" circulated among the lookers on. But no one could answer; no one had ever seen him before, and yet everybody would have then sworn to his courage, so bold yet tran. quit was his bearing. " Who are you ?" inquired the duelist, re covering his presence of mind. A stranger from Texas." "But who will vouch for your respecta bilit I" "I can give you vouchers sufficient," re plied the stranger, frowning till his brows looked frightful; and then stooping forwards, he whispered something in Johnson's ear, audible alone to him. * I am satisfied," said the duelist aloud, and trembling perceptibly. " Col. Morton, will you serve as my friend I" The individual laat addressed gave his as. stnt. " Now, let us adjourn to some private room to arrange the preliminaries," remark. ed the stranger; and the principals and se conds left the crowd, then increasing every minute, and excited near to madness by the thick-crowding events of the hour. The meeting took place the following nigl.t, ia a daik room, with the door locked and the two seconds on the outside. The principals were pladed in opposite corners of the apartment, which was twenty feet squire, and each was armed with a large bowie knife-no more. It was midnight-a night without moon or stars. Black pitchy clouds enveloped the sky, and a slight sifting mist rendered the shadows of the earth more intense. Hence, the room where the duel was about to begin was wrapped in rayless darkness. The combatants could not even see the blades of their own knives. At first, they both stopped and stealthily untied and took off their shoes, so as to make the least possible noise in walking over the floor. The same thought had struck them at the same time-to maneuvre for the vantage-ground. Thomas moved in a circle, softly as a cat, around the apartment, till he got within a few feet of the corner where his enemy had first been placed, and then paused to listen. For four or rive seconds he could hear no thing in the grave-like silence but the quick beats of his own busy heart. Presently, however, there crept into his ear a scarcely mudible sound as of suppressed breathing, was trying the same stratagem. The ruse was repeated thrice, with a like result. At length Thomas conclided to stand perfectly still and await Johnson's approach. Mo. ionless now himself, he could distinguish a soft rustling noise, like the dropping of flakes of wool, cireling around the floor, and gradually advancing towards him. At last, when the sound appeared within about three feet of the lawyer's position. lie suddenly made a bounding plunge with his knife, aimed iii the dark air, where he sup posed the bosom of his foe to lie. His blade struck against that of the other, and a few sparks of fire rolled at the fierce collision, and fell expiring on the floor. And then, for an instant, the seconds with. out the dour heard a sharp ringing of steel, a groan, a fall, and all again was silent as the ton! The duel at midnight had ended; ut howi They were appalled at the hor rible question. Waiting some minutes and hearing no. thing mtore, Col. Morton and the stranger [prepared a light, unlocked the door, andic en tered. The spectacle was most aff'ecting. There hay the bloody corpse of the duelist, .ohnson, mangled dreadfully, and above it stood the erect and imposing form of the lawyer, Tlhomas-nnhurt, not a cut on his skin or a rent in his clothing, but ;veeping a if his heart were broken. H~e started back as thme tlashinmg light daz zed his eyes, and, growing pale as thme dead at his feet, exclauimed, in accents of immen srable anguish-" Oh, God!I how, shall I endure to meet my dear Emma, waith this murderous gore on my hands!I Such stains would defile the very gates of heaven, and blacken the floor of hell itselt !" HeI did, however, afterwards meet Emma and her babme ; but weo shall not attempht to paint the scene. A week subsequently, he was shot to pieces in his own office, while employed in wvriting after night. TJhe assas sin was not known, but supposed to bo a younger brother of the duellist, .Johnson. Trhe stranger wvho acted iln the combat as t e acomi of Thomas, wvas inideed, as he saidi, from Texas, and then travelling hrugh Mississippi, and was the bravest man, per. hps, that ever drew' the breath of life. James Bowvie, who fell only with the fadl ol the Alamo, when his red knife was drunk with the blood of Mexicans. Readr.-But the morali You promised us a moral. Writer.-The same moral wvhich lies at the bottom of all true stories, if they be read rightly. I give you this, and can give nc more- that the circumstances which maken men make also their actionis, as the history of many a Newv Englander besides pooi Thommas, in the South, can attest. TIhere. fore, never stronigly condemn the deeds o your brethren of the common humanity until you shall have realized their materia and spirituaml situation in all its mathematica and moral dimensions. T'his lesson, studiec well, may render you wiser anad probablj happier men. Tfun FUI-rlns.-It has been beautifulla said, that " the veil which covers the face o futurity is wvoven by the hand of Mercy. Seek not to raise that veil, therefore, for sad ness might be seen to shade the brow tha fancy had arrayed invsmiles and gladness." IH that clothes the poor, clothes his owi soul. He that sweetens the cup of afflic tio, sweetens his ownm heart. He that feed the hungry, spreads out a banquet for him self, more Sweet and refreshing than luXur n bestow. A TLZO ALOSY. THE BARON ' STORY. The following *4- was related to me by an old friend, 1 ri&'baronet, and :is far as my memory servesj will give it to you in his own words: About four months.fter my marriage, it was my wont, each mrrning after breakfast, to stroll about my gatients-and fields, until, perhaps, four o'clock at which hour I re turned home to enjo- my wire's society; and when the weatherpermitted we occa sioaldly took a walk or ride. One morning feeling myself not quite well, I returned muchl' earlier than u31ua, about eleven o'clockiJgand went into the house by a back entrae; as neither knock ing nor ringing annontced my arrival, my wife was not aware ofmy return. I sought her first i the drawing room but not tinding her th" proceeded to her bed-room, and whilet assing through my dressing-room to it f-was surprised by at sudden rush to the. bed-room door, which was instantly boltedIhvithini. I distinctly heard a low whispering and as I thought, hurried receding steps: yet, altogether, I was not kept waiting nore than a few se. conds. My wife's mai opened the door, when to my great perplexity I beheld my wife's usually pale face! sufrused with crim. son blushes. [ also detected her maneuv ing a comb through Uier hair to hide, as I stataly suspected, her blushes from me, or her dirorderly curls. "What is the mening or al tis t" thought I. " it is strange! the maid too looks confused and muih frightened !,' My wife did not hasten to meet me with her usually sunny welcome; there was not even one smile to greet me. At length, recovering herself a little, she with a hesi tating manner said " Well, love how gde on the farm I" But I was grieved,.fr the first time in my lire. I felt that I was iot welcome. I felt something was going o's that I was not to know. So merely say g I I will tell you when we meet in the drawing-room, I ab. ruptly quit her. Not knowing wihi'her I was going or why I suffered so sudden s4- frightful a revo tion of feeling, I huried down stairs rushed through the hall as the lawn, and plunged into the firo-.' that leads to a se questered part of thei und; nor- did I slacken my pace -unti I. was fully a mile from the house, wheir 't ew myself upon the green tank by th de of the river, the most misera I .- I, who- one half aNMid, "at 1! asking for an explanation; that I thought, ught to have been given unsought, and I determined not to ask my lady why my visit was so unwelcome. But henceforth I resolved to keep a watch ful eye upon her. A thousand cruel thoughts crowded upon me now I had discovered there was something which my wife con cealed from me; she whom I thought so free from all duplicity. At this period I had attained my thirtieth year. Ladv- was only two years young er than myself, but from sweet girlish style of beauty and gay, happy manner, no one could suppose her more than twenty. She had been educated on the continent. I knew that soon after leaving school she had received proposals-if she had not actually abeen engaged to a gentleman-before quit ting Paris. Hitherto this circumstance had never given the slightest uneasiness hut nowv ay thoughts involuntaiy reverted to it haunted me day and night. Between my wvife and her maid there was an unusual intimacy, owing, as I under stood, to thme latter being what is called an old follower of the family. This woman was one of the tallest I ever saw, and large in proportion her face was handsome, the features strongly defined her eyes large in tesely dark anud penetrating her long ring lets looked false; in appearance you would hav'e said that she wvas nearer fifty than forty. This person-with her erect figure wvas takent altogether, what many wvould pro. nounace a very fine looking wvoman, but somewhat masculinie. [laving described my wife's maid how shall I tell you of the 'orrible suspicion whicha seized upoin my imaginationi I thought perhaps, the maid--was-her foreign lover in disguise ! Aind yet I did not could not, hohicve though the frightful idea never absented it self froam my brain. To hint such a thougi to my beautiful Agnes my beloved wife I could ntever bring myself. I strove rather to banish the idea from my mind as a sug. eFrom that day I became much changed both in the outward and inward man.My hapiness was gone, my -naturally light anc cheerful manner gave place to irritabilit) and gloom. Time flewv on, days and weeka passed without any particular occurrence until one morning having arranged to ac companly a gentleman ini the neighiborhoot on a fishing excursion, 1 informed Agniem that I should not return until evening whei I would bring my friend to dinner.. Immediately after breakfast, we started ii a dog-cart. We had not proceeded mnor< than four miles when in turning a corner 0 -the road a boy who wvas shooting sparrows fired so near the hor-se's heel that it tool fright and dashed of at a-furious gallop, no0 stopped until wve wvere upset ina a ditch We wvere compelled to givo up our day'i excursion, and leaving the groom to tuki care of the bruised horse, my friend and walked smartly home by a short cut ant entered the house; after conadctinig m: friend into the drawving-room I hastenedc uj -.stairs to relate our disaster to Agnes. As passed through my dressing-roomf I fount the door was again bolted, and I distinctl: heard nmy wvife say with (a faltering voict "ie is returned ; we are giscovered l'' Th scales fell fromi my eyes, I[had no longe any doubt, my worst fears were realised I Oh, the agony of the rmoment! I stag gred back a few paces, ujay bead reeled m, heart felt bursting and I had nigh fallen t thegr.und wa a frenz 'nf despair an rage seizing me, I made one rush at the door, and roared "instant admittance" Agnes opened the door and stood trembliug before me, her attendant flew to the farthest end of the apartment. I dashed my wife aside, shouting, "this moment quit my house ;" and darting across the room seized my rival by the throat, thundering forth "confess all, this instant you die." There was a moment's pause-oh, the ag ony of that moment! Pale as a corpse, Agnes stood transfixed with horror, gazing breathlessly upon the tableau before her, while in suffocating ac. cents, my victim sobbed out, " Oh! sir sir, as sure as the lire is in my poor botly I have nothing to confess but that I was plucking out mistress' grey hairs." DWBOVMENTS. It must be gratiting to the citizens of our district in passing over it, to witness the improvements going on in every section. New buildings are springing up, and old ones being repaired and painted, and wherever we go, the sound of the hammer and saw may be heard. There is no better evidence of general prosperity than these exhibitions, and although our people are passing throu,0 a period unparalleled in the history of tie district for scarcity of provisions and stock, it shows we are upon rising ground. Could our fathers of thirty and furty years past who slumber in their graves, le permitted to burst their cerements and revisit former scenes, how amazed would they be at the change that has come over their once famil iar haunts ? Where the unbroken forest afforded a safe retreat for the hear, the wolf and the deer, smiling fields and flourishing villages in all their silvan beauty may bo seen. Where once stood the humble log cabini school, the stately college rears its classic front, inviting the student to enter new fields of science and learning; or the less ambitious Aecvy opens wide its doors to the youth of the land. What changes have also taken place in the agricultural pursuits of the country ! Much attention was given in former years to the cultivation of tobacco and indigo, and it is within our recollection to have seen hogs. heads of the former passing through our vil lage to market. But these have given vay to cotton as a more profitable crop, aind such has been the mania, if we may so tern it, for raising it, our once fertile lands have been well nigh worn out in its production. It is now for our farmers to give their atten. tion to recltiming these lands and the culti. vation of more grain and stock, and by so In~ will be. idill t it fill M rCr Steam Mills have been erected in the district, and the sixth will very soon be in operation. The introduction of these r.ills, and *he completion of the Railroad into our borders will of themselves mark an era inl the histo ry of our people; anid an impulse is even now being given to business of all kinds by them, we have never before dreamed of. We have every reason then to be contented and proud of old Abberille, for with our educational advantages, a thrifty and intelli gent population, aid a conveinient market with facilities for getting to it, we must con tinue to prosper, and occupy no mean post tion in the State.-Abbeville Banner. TnE. N. Y. Spirit of the Times says that it is hashion dowln ill the " Ole Virginny'' for the negroes to wear long trails of crape, tied round their hats, and allowed to fall down their backs. A planter oneC day met a stranlge nig, on the road decked out wvith a superabunldanlt amount of crape that reached almost to his heels. " Who do you belong to I" asked the planter. "Mars. --'s furnace ! I'ze been hired out to wvork dar." " You have lost some of your friends I see., " Yes, massa." " Was it a near or distant relative !" "Wel, putty distant-'bout steentyfre~ miles ?" "OF what is cider mladet1" "I don'I knowv sir." " What a stupid boy. What did you get whlen you robbed widow Up tOl's Orchard." " Got! Why I got a devil of a licking, Sir." AN old bachlelor having been laughed at by a party of pretty girls, told themn: " You are small potatoes!" "We may be smalll potatoes," sai.l one of thlem, " but we are sweect ones! Ax Irishman beinlg ill chmurch whlere th< collection appal~rattns resetmble'd electior' boxes, On its being hanlde.d to him, whlisper ed in the carrier's ear that he was not na turalized and could not vote. Mns. PREns married her second llusbanc not because she admired the sex, but jus1 because he wvas the size of her first protec tor, "Sand would conme so good to wear him old clothes out." THERE. is a man ill Boston who wvalks s( sowv that he wears a pair of spurs to kcej his shadowv from treading onl his heels. A QUArI-r writer of sentenes in the Gal axy, says-" I have seen womnen so delicati that they were afraid to ride, for fear tI horse Ilighit run away-afraid to sail fo fear the boat mlight overset-afraid to wvall for fear the dewv might fall; but I never sav' one afraid to get Imarried." Suocxzxo to serenade a second stor; widow for two hour-s, an~d then be toll that the young wvoman " what used to liv here has removed around thle nlext cornler." THIERE. is an old mlaid in Babylon, I. I< who is so accustomed to datinlg hler ag backward that when she speaks of thm rlatter part of December she calls it " latei the sprinlg."___________ .ABUNDANCE is a trouble, want a miaerj honor a burden, advancement dangerou and competency a hanpincss. THE WHOLESL A UMUER. The New York papers continue to b< filled with the details of, and comments on the late terrible disaster to the steamboal Henry Clay. The Tribune characterizei the calamity as a " wholesale murder. After describing the race of the steamers and the participation in it of the Captain an other officers of the Henry Clay, in spite oi the repeated remonstrance of passengers the Tribune adds: " We ask again, is not this mnrder, and that in the most aggravated and horrid form I We have no desire to add to ti torture which, in common with other crimi. nals, the officers of the Henry Clay musl feel, now that the passion of the hour is over, and the poignancy of remorse sue ceeds. But we cannot allow any misplaced and undeserved tenderness for them to out, weigh solemn considerations of duty to the community. The public safety must be cared for. And we earnestly trust that in a case so flagrant as this, justice may at last rouse itself, and by exemplary and sufficient severity, put an end to such a crime as racing by steamboats sarrying passengers. The Journal of Commerce says: 11 We have heard it said, on authority that seems entitled to full belief, that some time before the fire broke out, the chief en gineer apprized either Capt. Tallman, or the pilot, that his boilers were so heated that he was in momentary apprehension of the wood.work taking fire. The only response he received was a coarse oath, with an ordor to continue his furnace at the same beat, and it would be time enough to put out the fire when it had caught. Such inhumanity puts him who gave utterance to it out of the pale of civilization, and ought to stamp him with Cain's brand as long as lie lives -if the law permits such a murderer to live." The Express decidedly thinks the calami ty was the result of racing, and says: " If it lie true that this calamity has oc curred in consequence of racing between twa boats, we are prepared to characterize it as an act of murder." The whole press joins in demanding a full andi thorough investigation of all the facts, and the meeting out of exemplary punish. ment to the parties who may he shown to be guilty of causing the terrible sacrifice of human life. ExPuLsIoN OF THIR FoREIGNERs FRO31 MARIPosA, CALIFoRNIA.-The Stockton Journal gives the following account of diffi. culties between the foreign and American miners in Mariposa county: Ap n nheMaripoi had turned the stream and found good dig gings, possession of which was claimed by a body of Americans, who denied the right of foreigners to work them. The latter, to the numher of three or four hundred, headed by a few Frenchmen, resolved upon de fending their chtims. The Americans immediately sent ont run ners, and some two hundred armed men collected, when the foreigners deemed it prudent to retire, leaving their claims and improvements in possession of the Ameri cans. At one time it was thought there would be much blood shed, but the report is that only one shot was fired. Some twenty-five or thirty foreigners were ar rested, but what disposition had been male of thema we have not heard, The Ameri. cans, not satisfied with having driven the Spaniards and Frenchmen from Mariposita, organized a scouting party, and rode through the county, ordering all foiecigners off with. in twventy-four hours. It is stated in the San Francisco paper! that the Americans had allowved the Frencli miners until the 4th of July to decide wheth, er they would leave Mariposa county. The inference is, that if they did not peaceabl2 depart by that time, force would be resortet to. THE TExAS Dsn . -There having beet much controversy of late in the Washing, toni papers, and in Congress, relative to th< Texas debt, in order to render the mattei more intelligible to those who have an in. terest in it, the Washington Southern Pross briefly states the facts of the case; fron which we perceive that the State of T'exas since its annexatiou, has adopted a scale o reduction upon her debt, so as to makei vrimotant to her treasury to diminisi hriaiiyto that amount. The creditors of the Republic of Texas insist that iho Government should b< held liable for the contract of annexation or the subsequent arrangements betwveen thesE high contrac ting powers. The revenue of the Republic of Texas was pledged specially for a latrge portion o the public debt. The creditors, therefore hold the United States liable from the in stant of annexation, and urged that thi United States took Tlexas, cumn onere. Trho condition of the act of Congress o the 9th of September, 1850, was the issui of ten millions of dollars in stock to Texa -provided that no more than five million: should be issued until the creditors of th< State should-file releases in the Treasur: Department for all their claims. The resi due of five millions is still in the Treasury The State of Texas, by her legislative en actments, has compelled her creditors to asi relief of the Government, and they no' ask of the United States, (who holds th pledged security,) the payment of the mone; advanced to Tlexas while struggling to ac complish her independence. MRs. WasTER.-The special WVasbingto: correspondent of the New York llerald inti mates that Secretary Webster will return t his pest this week ; and asserts that he wa probably induced to forego his determinatio to remain away during the warm weathe by an intimation from headquarters that would be necessary for him to either con back or resign. " This," says the New Yer Herald, "looks somewhat ominous. M W's, services must either be very much neec ed in the Cabinet just at this time, or ei ,his recent course with regard to the fisir business has created a coolness towvards hi n the art+ te Pesient" TE rImMM. BosToN, July 26, 1852.-The Newbury. port Herald of to-day contains the follow t ing: 1 " United States steam frigate Saranac at Philadelphia, and the sloop of war Albany, at Boston, have been ordered to the bay of I St. Lawrence, for the protection of Ameri r can seamen, in compliance with the request of Commodore J. C. Long, who is ap pointed to the command. The owners of I fishing vessels in this place have deputed I two of their number to wait upon him im mediately, and inform and advise him as to the nature and position of the fishing grounds, and all matters pertaining thereto. " We learn from the eastward, that the Lubec fishing schooner lately seized by the English steamer Nettler, and carried into St. John, N. B., was at the time of her seizure, off Grand Menan. The captain of the seized vessel states he ran in for bait, while the English say that he was fishing there. The case wilt be tried in the Admir ality Court at St. John. There are large numbers of fishing vessels ready to sail from the sea coast towns near here as soon as they are assured that they will be pro. tected from seizure." NEW CoTToN.-A telegraphic communi cation yesterday informed us of the receipt of the first bale of cotton at New Orleans on Monday. The first bale last season was received there on the 25th July. The Sa vannah News says: "Many persons have supposed that the date of the first bloom and also the date of the receipt of the first bale of new cotton correctly indicate the probable yield of the crop, that is, that early blooms and early receipts indicate large crops, and later blooms and receipts indicate short crops. Correctly kept tables of these facts, however, prove that they furnish no reliable data for such estimates. In 1845, the first bloom noticed was on the 30th May, and the first bale received was on the 30th July. In that, year the crop was 2,075,000 bales. Three years after, or in 1843, the first bloom was noticed on the 1st of June. The first bale received that year was on the 9th of August, and the crop wis 2,728,500 bales. In 1840, the very next year, the first bale of cotton was received on the '7th August, two days earlier than in 1848, and yet the crop 6nly reached 2,095,000 bales. It will thas be seen that the arrival of the first bale is-no index to the crop. Some years when the receipts are early, the crop was short, and1 when later the cro was large, so that thesi DRsTRTCTLvE FIRE AT SAvaN(u.3-SA vAWNAu, August 3, 9.45 P. M.-4 most de structive fire broke out in the Western part of this city, known as South Oglethorpe,-atr four o'clock Tuesday afternoon, which is still burning, though its progress has been fortunately checked. In consequence of the wind being high and water scarce, from 60 to 70 houses weie consumed, and 100 persons deprived of their homes. The houses were all, however, built of wood, and principally old. The loss is estimated at $75,000. Great distress is experienced in conse quence of so many being left homeless. A great quantity of furniture has also been do. stroyed. The burnt sc.tion extends front [luby street, North, to Margaret street South, and from Laurel street, East to Canal. Among the sufferers are Capt. Nicholas King, Thomas Naylor, Mrs. Morningstar, Patrick Price, Charles Picket, Johni Mur chison, Henry Thomason, Mrs. Roberts, &c. -South Carolinian, 5th inst. TE SEAsoXs IN ICEL.AND.-From the 16th or 18th of June, till the end of the month, there is no night. The sun disap Ipears for a short time behind the hills, but twilight and dawvn are blended together, and the last rays of evening have not faded from the sky before the morning light breaks forth wvithi renewed brilliancy. Iwas in Iceland fromt the 16th of May till the 20th of July, andl although I never wvent to bed before eleven o'clock I did not once require the lgtof a candle. In May, as wvell as to wrsthe end of July, the twilight lasted about two hours, but it was never dark. Even at the time of my departure I could see to read till hlf-ltpast eleven. At first it senmed very strange to go to bed at broad daylight; but I soon got used to it, and no sunshine was bright enough to keep me awake after eleven o'clock. It often struck mne as very ridiculous, however, to go out for an evening stroll, about ten, and find myself ini the full light of day, instead of the soft glimmering of the moon and stars. DEAFNass.-One of our exchanges says that a daughter of Judge Baldwin, of Ver mont, afflicted with deafness for more than fifteen years, has been cured by the com bined juice of onion and tobacco. The' Stobacco was placed wvithmin the onion, the Swhole roasted together, and the juice drop ' ped into the ear. SDBATIhs FROM HIEAT IN EUROPE.-ACa -counts from England and France, by the .steamer Europe, state that the heat there .during the second and third weeks of July c was very severe, and numerous deaths hadl v occurred in consequence. In Paris a num e her of omnibus horses dropped in the streets. TnE contemplation of distresses softens the mind of mnan and makes the heart better. It extinguishes the seeds of envy and ill-will itowards mankind, corrects the pride of prosperity, and beats down all that fierce-. 0ness and insolence which are apt to get in Sto the minds of the daring and fortunate. r, Wnsn' a man calls to see another during t the busiest portion of the day. it is vot 0 worth while for him to stay more than an k hour after he hastold you all he knowa. r. I_____________ -IT was Franklin who gave the bestO ilu se tration of the difference between a I& ig and a rich man.-" A poor man," saya im " must work to find meat for his stomach a rich cu t iud a Atadeldferhis'tat."